Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-02
WANTS.
Local News.

Read the special notice of b. Becker
our marble dealer.
7. H. Shepard & J. Il. Reynolds in
tend to reopen the old Mineral Point
Marble Works about Oct. LIST. ReaC
! their announcement in another column
A large number of members of Geo
! II. Legate Post, G.. A. r., and then
families attended the picnic at Linden
on Wednesday. The drum corps &C
complained them.
b. Moe, Of Chicago, Aldro jerks, OF
| Dodgeville, and n j. Grain of Rock,
ford, were in town on Wednesday, on
business connected with the Chicago
Freeport, Dodgeville IL Northern rail
| road.
The thirty second annual fair of the
: Iowa county agricultural society will
/ be held at Dodgeville, Sept. q, %, %
! 30, 1887. Preparations are being
made for an extensive exhibition, and
the people of the whole county should
take an interest in it and make it a
grand success.
One Of the attractions at our fair
will be a feed and fodder cutter which
cuts and splits corn-fodder ut the same
time with the same knives. it is en-
tirely new in design, simple in construc
ton and easy to run. A machine OF
this kind will save a large amount OF
feed and money to our farmers. 1t i,
named 1.-The Tornado"
John Halsa, a tcamSter residing ir
Monroe in the employ of the contract
ors grading the Chicago, Madison &
Northern railroad was drowned Tues
day afternoon in the Pecatonica. He
waded his team into the river to water
the horses when the horse he wa'
astride of stepped into hole anC
HASA was precipitated over the horse:
head into deep water.
At an early hour ON Sunday morn
ing one-half of the side foundation
wall of the Brodhead Roller Mill be
came undermined letting down the
first floor with all its machinery, ZOO
bushels of grain, 500 sacks of flour an(
a quantity of feed. A portion of thu
feed and flour will probably be saved
in Il damaged condition bat the wheat
is nearly total loss. 1t is estimated
that nearly one hundred barrels of tlou
We're ruined. The disaster is supposed
to have been occasioned by quicksand
The mill was supplied with powel
through race fed by Sugar River
The race bank has been cut and tn,
water shut off until the wreck can bt
cleared up and repairs made. TIL,
loss is estimated at between $4,000
|
and $4,000. AS the mill was only in
sured against fire the loss will fal
heavily on the owners. The mill il
owned by Stephen c. Pierce, and oper
ated by Rountree & Holcomb.
ANA Comfort, for many years q
resident of Iowa county, but now OF
saltwater, Mimi, has been in town 70
the past week calling on old time
friends. He came to southwestern
Wisconsin in 1885 and to Minera
Point in 1886, and with the exception
of our townsman, Joseph Jones, wh'
came in 1884. we know of no olde
settler of the Lead region. Mr.. Com
fort lived for number of years il
this city, where he followed minin!
and surveying, and afterwards movet
out to the fine prairie near Cobb, wher
/ he resided until about five years ago
and is therefore, well acquainted wit
the history of the country, and tell
many interesting "reminiscences. L
1885 he was ut CaSSville, Grant county
: which was then thriving town wit
prospects of becoming great shippin
point. In coming down from Mime
sofa last week he came on the Burling
ton X Northern, via CaSSville, and h
says that the "old town has held il
own remarkably WE'LL" scarcely an
change having taken place since h
left it tifty-two years ago.
The managers of the Industrial assc
citation are making extensive prepar;
tons for the fair to be held in TIL
city next week. The buildings, trac
and grounds are being put in first-ela,
order The large number of new shet
dicates that the owners of live stoc
have been heard from, and that Il
= show of horses, cattle, sheep and swiI
will be immense. Butchers equestria
gymnasium has already arrived, and
full field of race horses is assure
b Prof. Fred. Gilman, of Chicago, W
place on exhibition some fine plan,
and organs, and talented musician
6 will render vocal and instrument
music at the main hall; which. togeth
y with the playing of the Mineral Poi
Z band cannot fail to please all lovers
lie good music. Our home merchants al
OF also merchants from abroad will nal
grand displays. The season is well a
: vanced, which will insure the fillil
of the grain and vegetable departmeI
the display in which is usually lig
during a late season; aad there is eve
re reason to believe that the fair of Is
a =, viii far excel any previous exhibit,
of the association.